REMEMBER OUR NEW EARLIER START TIME! We’ll be starting with FOUR simultaneous activities at 6:30: Consulting Rosarian’s Corner, the PREMIERE of Arranger’s Corner, our Little Rose Show and our Rose Auction.
Our Speaker Suzanne Horn’s Presentation will start at 7:00.
Suzanne Horn Presents “The Rapture of Miniature & Miniflora Roses”
By Robert Russell, SDRS VP Programs
This month’s meeting will be on Monday, July 17. There have been some adjustments to the meeting times. The Consulting Rosarian’s Corner and the new Arranger’s Corner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
We are privileged to have Suzanne Horn as our speaker this month. Suzanne Horn is an exhibitor, writer and educator from Glendale, California, and she has been growing roses since February 14, 2000. A successful exhibitor, Suzanne has been winning District and National trophies since her first two years of showing roses. She became a Consulting Rosarian in 2003 and an accredited ARS Horticultural Judge in 2005. She has received Bronze Honor Medals from both Pacific Rose Society and Los Angeles Rose Society. In 2014, she became a Master Rosarian and was named “Outstanding Consulting Rosarian” for the Pacific Southwest District. In 2022 she was awarded the very rare Pacific Rose Society Presidential Silver Medal for outstanding service, being only one of four individuals to receive this medal in the 86- year history of the society. In addition, she recently was awarded the 2023 Silver Hon- or Medal from the Pacific Southwest District.
Suzanne has taught at numerous seminars, in the local district and nationally.
She has also served as a contributing editor to the American Rose Society’s national magazine for many years, and has contributed many articles locally and nationally. In 2022 after the untimely passing of Bob Martin, Suzanne took on the monumental task of National Editor of the Horizon Roses publication.
Suzanne loves to teach and talk about roses and avidly shares her love of roses with everyone. In particular, Suzanne has won numerous awards at shows for her exhibition of miniature and miniflora roses. So it is appropriate that her topic should be about these categories of roses. We welcome Suzanne and gratefully thank her for making the trip from Glendale to speak at our meeting.
Meeting location: Casa del Prado’s room 101, in Balboa Park.
The meeting will include a Little Rose Show this month.
Come and bring your best roses for a fun contest that is not intimidating. Show schedule is on the next page.
There will also be a rose auction at this meeting. Prior to this month’s meeting, there will be another silent auction with five roses on own root that I started from cuttings. They are in 1 or 2-gallon containers. Come early before the meeting starts and place your bids for these wonderful roses. There will be a sheet of paper in front of each rose with details of the rose along with a photo of the bloom. If you want to bid on a rose, just write the last four digits of your phone number (to preserve the secrecy of this silent auction!) and your bid amount on the sheet of paper. Each bid must increase by at least one dollar from the last bid. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can give your name, the last four digits of your phone number and your highest bid to a fellow member who would be attending and that person can bid for you. This is a fun and competitive event! Come and join in and take home a special rose! We will be auctioning: Passionate Kisses, Diamond Eyes, Stranger, Strawberry Kisses, and Dr. John Dickman.
Directions to Casa del Prado, Room 101: The Casa del Prado building is immediately west of the Natural History Museum. Entrances to the Casa del Prado lead to an inner court. The rooms are accessible from the court. Room 101 is downstairs on the east end of the court.